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Music and Medicine: Chopin and the Power of Resilience

Psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan is renowned for his lecture/concerts that explore the influence of psychological factors and psychiatric and medical illness on the creative output of composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Joplin. Sharing insight into some of the most creative minds, he opens his audiences’…Continue Reading Music and Medicine: Chopin and the Power of Resilience

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II

On September 7, there will be a concert of Polish music at the Santa Monica Public Library to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. The program features the music of Wojciech Kilar from the score of The Pianist (2000), as well as works by Frederic Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Grażyna Bacewicz,…Continue Reading Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II

2018 Paderewski Festival

The Paderewski Festival is a four-day music festival held annually in November celebrating Paso Robles’ rich heritage and its most famous resident Ignacy Jan Paderewski—virtuoso pianist, composer, international politician, local landowner, grower and winemaker. 2018 Festival events include the Gala Concert featuring world-renowned pianist and Chopin Competition laureate Kate Liu, the world premiere of a…Continue Reading 2018 Paderewski Festival

Duo Klavitarre in Concert

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and USC Polish Music Center present Duo Klavitarre Jolanta and Maciej Ziemski (Piano & Guitar) with Guest Artists Robin Braun, guitar Annika Schukow, piano Join us for a rare Los Angeles performance by Polish husband-and-wife musicians Jolanta and Maciej Ziemski, known worldwide as Duo Klavitarre, who will present an…Continue Reading Duo Klavitarre in Concert

Concerts at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Since 2017, the PMC and the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park have co-organized several concerts per year. The programs in this series spotlight works by Polish Jewish composers who are prominent in the PMC’s archive and library collections….Continue Reading Concerts at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

March 24: Polish Music Spring: Młoda Polska (Young Poland)

As part of Poland’s Centennial Celebration in 2018, the USC Polish Music Center presents a spring concert of music by composers of the Młoda Polska [Young Poland] generation, whose works are typified by the modernist and neo-romantic aesthetic of pre-war occupied Poland. Performed by violinist Maria Sławek and pianists Grzegorz Mania and Piotr Różański of the Polish Society of Chamber Musicians from Kraków….Continue Reading March 24: Polish Music Spring: Młoda Polska (Young Poland)

Polish Independence Day 2007 – Polish Film Music

Polish Independence Day 7 November 2005

LOS ANGELES In collaboration with the USC Polish Music Center, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles presents the Polish Independence Day Concert, featuring Krzesimir Dębski, composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist.  The program includes music from film scores by Krzesimir Dębski, Krzysztof Komeda, Henryk Wars, and many others. Thursday 8 November…Continue Reading Polish Independence Day 2007 – Polish Film Music

Polish Independence Day 2007 – Polish Film Music in L.A.

Polish Independence Day 7 November 2005

LOS ANGELES In collaboration with the USC Polish Music Center, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles presents the Polish Independence Day Concert, featuring Krzesimir Dębski, composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist.  The program includes music from film scores by Krzesimir Dębski, Krzysztof Komeda, Henryk Wars, and many others. Thursday 8 November…Continue Reading Polish Independence Day 2007 – Polish Film Music in L.A.

Polish Independence Day & Henry Vars Gala Celebration

2005 Independence Day Henry Vars Gala Celebration

On November 11, 2005, the USC Polish Music Center and the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles presented a Gala Concert celebrating Polish Independence Day and the donation of manuscripts by Henry Vars to the PMC. The USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra with Guest Conductor Gabriel Alegría performed a selection of the original big-band numbers written by Vars in Poland and the US….Continue Reading Polish Independence Day & Henry Vars Gala Celebration